“This Sweet Potato is Beautiful.” From Ethnoagronomy to Ethnogastronomy in the work of Virginia Nazarea

David Sutton In the current installment of the SAFN interviews on the origins and development of Food Anthropology, I sit … More

Review: Bigger Fish to Fry: A Theory of Cooking as Risk, with Greek Examples

David E. Sutton, Bigger Fish to Fry: A Theory of Cooking as Risk, with Greek Examples, Berghahn, 2021, ISBN 978-1-80073-223-0 … More

“What are people claiming when they say that a food is local?” An Interview With David Beriss

David Sutton In this fifth installment of interviews with anthropologists about their work on food I talk with longtime friend … More

The Sophie Coe Prize in Food History 2022

See below for a call for applications for the Sophie Coe Prize. While technically a history prize, anthropologists have won … More

Review: Research Methods in Digital Food

Jonatan Leer and Stinne Gunder Strøm Krogager, eds.  Research Methods in Digital Food Studies. Routledge.  London and New York. ISBN: … More

New York Botanical Garden Food Humanities Research Fellowship

This opportunity at the NYBG should be of interest to readers of FoodAnthropology. Note that there are other opportunities as … More

SAFN Student Awards!

Students! Have you been doing research or writing on food and nutrition? Would you like fame, recognition, and money for … More

SAFN Student Research Award Winner!

SAFN is pleased to award the 2021 Student Research Award to Sucharita Kanjilal for her project, “A homemaker’s diary: Caste, … More

Christine Wilson 2021 Undergraduate Award Winner

SAFN is pleased to announce that Carolyn Mason is the winner of the 2021 Christine Wilson Undergraduate Award, for her … More

“Every Time You Make A Recipe, You Take A Risk,” An Interview With David Sutton

David Beriss I sat down with David Sutton for a wonderful conversation about his research. We explore commensality, synesthesia, memory, … More